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Mark Eckel

3 Lessons from Aristotle

Clear thinking and communication necessitates three important stages. Find out what they are by watching our Truth in Two (full text below). Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find the MarkEckel.com YouTube Channel (here). Mark is President of The Comenius Institute (website). Dr. Eckel spends time with Christian young people in public university (1 minute video), teaching at

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Mark Eckel

Phillis Wheatley

“In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom.” – Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley contributed the first publication by an African American in 1773; a book of “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.” What attracted me this past week to Wheatley and her writing was a letter she

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Education
Mark Eckel

How I Make Decisions: 4 Steps to a Workable Plan

“How do I know if it’s the right thing to do?” This question has been asked often by students in my four decades of teaching. Many years ago (first published online in 2009) I developed what I call “The S.P.U.D. Test.” I was using it again this week in classes. Perhaps this work page will

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Education
Mark Eckel

Economic Realities

Helping students to understand the outcomes of their assumptions. These are comments I send to each student after they have written their final project for one of my classes. The lines of thought deal with issues of anthropology, sociology, and economics based on the movie “Parasite” (Joon-ho, 2019). Most students write about class, capitalism, discrimination,

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Mark Eckel

Educational Ideas

Quotes About, Concerns For, Comments On, & Encouragement Toward Education It’s the end of the semester for most of us teachers. Robin, my wife, is retiring from full time teaching in May. Final papers and grades are due soon. Perhaps this is why I decided to focus on education this week at MarkEckel.com. On this

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Mark Eckel

Quotes You Can Use

Research from my Reading Click on the Hyperlinks for the Page Mark Wahlberg, a committed Catholic AND Hollywood film star, is dedicating himself to Faith Based Movies to “Serve the Lord” Thomas Sowell, one of my favorite intellectuals, is profiled in the article Tragic Optimist. Here is an excerpt from the article telling the story

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Transitions at 67

The old paradigm is gone. It seems people no longer consider age a boundary marker. It used to be that “retirement” was regulated by years. Now we say, “Sixty is the new forty.” One student, who discovered my age, in an obvious lapse of decorum, intoned that I was “older than his parents.” Yeah. That

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The Bible’s Original Languages

Why are the Bible’s original languages are so important? Watch our Truth in Two to understand the reason(s)! [And don’t miss the Afterword!] Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University. Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find the MarkEckel.com YouTube Channel (here). Mark is President of The Comenius Institute (website) and

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A Biblical View of Social Unrest

The following theological questions suggest sociological implications for those who would want to eradicate, tear down, set afire, uproot, poison, or worse, ignore the wheat and leave the tares: for those who have ears to hear. [Written in the summer of 2023 during another socio-political upheaval, I reposted in April 2024 with follow up questions

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The Bible is Good

If the Bible isn’t “bad” (last week’s Truth in Two) then, is it “good”? This week’s Truth in Two has an answer (2 min vid + text + Afterword). Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University. Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find the MarkEckel.com YouTube Channel (here). Mark is

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The Bible is Bad

Oh, man. This isn’t gonna’ be pretty. And it will make a lot of people mad. Watch (or read below) our Truth in Two and find out why. Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University. Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find the MarkEckel.com YouTube Channel (here). Mark is President

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A Biblical View of Arguing

How do you argue? Do you argue biblically? Find out what and how here (2 minute vid + text + Links).   Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University. Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find the MarkEckel.com YouTube Channel (here). Mark is President of The Comenius Institute (website) and interprets

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